Eagles Notebook From Win Over Browns

Rewriting the Record Books … FS Brian Dawkins played in his 181st game as an Eagle, surpassing Harold Carmichael to become the franchise leader in that category. Ironically, Dawkins and Carmichael are both

graduates of Raines High School in Jacksonville, FL.

Iron Man … T Jon Runyan played in his 200th career regular season game and his 190th consecutive start. Runyan also tied Ron Jaworski for 11th place in team history with his 142nd game as an Eagle.

The Book on the Rook … WR DeSean Jackson caught 5 passes for 77 yards. With 58 receptions on the season, he tied Don Looney (58 catches in 1940) for the most by a rookie wide receiver in team history. His 852 receiving yards trail Charle Young’s 854 yards in 1973 and Keith Jackson’s 869 yards in 1988, for the team’s rookie record.

Five Alive … QB Donovan McNabb completed a season-best 74.3% of his passes (26-35) for 290 yards and two touchdowns (105.7 passer rating). During the Eagles three-game winning streak, McNabb has completed 72 of 104 passes (69.2%) for 741 yards and 7 TDs, for a QB rating of 107.9. The Eagles are 14-0 when McNabb completes over 70% of his passes and 39-2 when his passer rating is over 100. With 307 completions on the season, McNabb has the second-highest single-season mark in franchise history, behind his own record of 330 set in 2000. His 3,511 passing yards ranks fifth in franchise history for a single-season and is 364 yards shy of the franchise mark of 3,875 that he set in 2004.

Spreading the Wealth … McNabb connected with nine different receivers tonight. The Eagles are the only team in the NFL to have six players with 30-or-more catches in 2008.

Green Akers … K David Akers connected on all three of his field goal attempts and now has 29 on the season, which is tied for the second-highest total in team history. He also had 29 in 2000 and trails the team record of 30 (Akers in 2002 and Paul McFadden in 1984). With 127 points this season, Akers leads the NFL in 2008 and owns the second-highest single-season total in team history (Akers – 133 in 2002) … With three touchbacks tonight, Akers tied a career high (9/23/07 vs. Det., 10/31/04 vs. Bal.). With 15 touchbacks in 2008, Akers surpassed his previous career high of 12 in 2004.

Driving the QBs crazy … During their three-game winning streak, the Eagles have held opposing quarterbacks to a combined 47.4 completion percentage (45 for 95), a 56.2 QB rating, and have recorded five interceptions.

Defensive Nuggets … The Eagles defense held the Browns without an offensive touchdown, marking the third time this season they have done so (9/7 vs. StL., 9/21 vs. Pit.). They held the Browns to just 11 first downs and 3-12 (25%) on third-down conversions. In the Eagles eight wins this season, they have held their opponents to a combined 23-90 (25.6%) on third down and outscored their opponents 244-100 … The Browns completed just 11 of 29 passes (37.9%), which is the lowest percentage for an Eagles opponent since 12/16/07 at Dallas (13 for 36 – 36.1%) … LB Stewart Bradley recorded his second-career interception and his first of the season … S Quintin Demps notched his first-career sack, becoming the 16th Eagle to do so this season. Only the Jets (17 players) have more players with at least one sack.

Moving the Chains … During the Eagles current three-game winning streak, they have converted 33 of 50 third downs (66%) and outscored their opponents 98-44.

Offensive Quick Hits … WR Jason Avant tied a career-high with five catches and registered his first-career 100-yard game (101 yards). 15 of Avant’s 30 receptions in 2008 have come on third down, and he has converted 13 of those 15 catches (86.7%) for first downs … WR Greg Lewis caught his seventh-career touchdown and his first of the season. He is the 10th Eagle to have a touchdown catch in 2008, which is the second-highest total in the NFL (New Orleans – 11) … WR Kevin Curtis caught his second touchdown of the season and the 20th of his career.

Taking it to the House … CB Asante Samuel had a 50-yard interception return for a touchdown, his first as an Eagle and the seventh of his career (three postseason). Samuel is the only player in NFL history to have an interception return for a touchdown in each of his first six seasons. He leads the Eagles with four interceptions in 2008 and has the most in the NFL (20) since 2006. Samuel’s teams are 20-1 when he intercepts a pass (3-1 in 2008).

Big Game Hunter … DE Trent Cole registered his eighth sack of the season, and is now tied for the team lead with DE Darren Howard. With 33.5 sacks for his career, Cole moved past William Thomas and into ninth place in team history.

Return to Sender … S Quintin Demps had three kickoff returns for 88 yards and now has 1,274 kickoff return yards this season, moving past Derrick Witherspoon (1,271 in 1996) and into second place in team history. He trails Allen Rossum’s single-season record of 1,374 kickoff return yards in 1999.

Birdseed … RB Brian Westbrook played in his 97th game, passing Timmy Brown and moving into fifth place in team history among running backs … The Eagles rank fifth in the NFL with a +96 point differential in 2008 … RB Correll Buckhalter carried six times for 55 yards. His 9.2-yard average was the highest of his career (minimum 5 carries) … QB Donovan McNabb played in his 132nd game, tying John Bunting and Pete Retzlaff for 19th place in team history. He is one of five current Eagles who are on the team’s top 20 list (Dawkins is 1st with 181, LT Tra Thomas is 4th with 164, Akers is 8th with 154, Runyan is tied for 11th with 142).